New Chair!

As you may already know, my boss is moving to Germany. He has given me his Crate and Barrel Petrie sofa and I was just too excited to add this modern gem to my living room. Now we have a compromise, 2 comfy chairs for DH and one stylish chair to appease my modern design sensibilities. My living room is almost complete, I just need to order the new sofa to match the arm chair and find 2 side tables to replace my $10 numbers from Ikea!

Top 10 reasons why I am not a suburbanite

Every so often my DH brings moving to Atlanta because in his mind it is the perfect place to live. He loves to go on about how we can get a bigger house for half of what we paid for our current house. I counter his argument with my refusal to move to the suburbs. While I appreciate visiting the suburbs, I currently do not see it as the place for me and I always give him my top 10 reasons why I am not moving to the suburbs:

10. I have never driven through any suburb and said to myself: “self, I can’t wait to live here!”
9. No homeless, hippies, bohemian, prostitutes, drag queens, winos, etc….just not enough diversity period!
8. It’s creepy quiet and dark at night.
7. This may be ATL specific but all the houses look the same…it’s like Stepford!
6. People are at the grocery store on a Saturday night
5. No cool Bars!
4. Too many women in track suits and clothing from Eileen Fisher or Chicos.
3. Trains stop running at 2am-I like knowing that I have a ride home no matter how much I party.
2. Career woman is spoken like a dirty word.
1. Too many people drive minivans-Nobody looks sexy in a minivan, nobody!

Slow Cooker Chili Recipe

This weekend I had a post cinco de Mayo get together and everyone seemed to like my slow cooker chili. I cannot take credit for the recipe because I got it from my friend and former neighbor who is a much better cook that I. I made a few modifications of my own, so here you go:

Ingredients

2 lb ground beef

2 cans of kidney beans

2 cans of diced tomatoes (1 with mild Chile peppers)

½ onion chopped

3 garlic cloves crushed

2 tablespoons chili powder

2 teaspoons of pepper

2 teaspoons of salt

1 cup of pasta sauce (I use barillas marinara with roasted garlic)

Salsa Lizano

Spray oil

Mrs. Dash (any flavor will do)

Preparation:

Spray a large heavy skillet/pot with oil and heat on high heat. Sauté ground beef and onion stirring with a fork to break up clumps. Season beef with Mrs. Dash and salsa lizano (once across the pot will do). When all the pinkness and clumps are gone from the beef, turn off fire and set aside. Plug in slow cooker and set on low. Add beans, tomatoes, garlic, pasta sauce and ground beef. Season with chili powder, salt and pepper. Mix up ingredients really well and let it cook on low for 6 to 7 hours depending on your pot.